There is one area that the governments have identified in the issue paper. CEPA is designed as a national piece of legislation to set standards that are the same from coast to coast to coast. First nation groups would fall under those national regulations and standards. But there's another part of CEPA that allows the federal government to set regulations that mimic provincial laws and regulations with respect to environmental protection, and that's part 9 of CEPA. But in the design of part 9, it currently would require that the standard or regulation be the same from coast to coast to coast, and as first nations try to enhance their economy and be competitive against other companies in the same jurisdiction, that may force them to either a higher or a lower standard than companies operating on provincial lands.
So the issue paper is identifying that we think this is an issue the committee should look at, and whether or not there should be more flexibility in CEPA to allow first nations to have standards that are the same as their nearest neighbour.